Photography Courses
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62113 Darkroom to Digital Photography (Mini)
This course explores how to combine film photography practices with contemporary digital imaging in a workshop environment. Topics include film scanning and digitizing, combining analog cameras with digital cameras to create unique capture devices and utilizing proper…
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62141 Black and White Photography I
This course will teach you the basic craft of photography from exposure of the negative through darkroom developing and printing to print finishing and presentation. Content includes student presentations, class discussions, shooting assignments, darkroom sessions and…
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62142 Digital Photography I
This course explores digital photography and digital printing methods. By semester's end students will have knowledge of contemporary trends in photography, construction (and deconstruction) of photographic meaning, aesthetic choices and the use of color. Students will…
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62166 Photography in the Dark
This evening course is formed around a series of short projects and exercises designed to explore the processes, techniques, and concepts of photographing in the dark. Students will primarily be working at night to gain experience using both natural and artificial lighting…
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62167 Instant Photography: The Unrepeatable Image (Mini)
This course will explore Instant photographic techniques and concepts to extend the boundaries of the photographic image. Through the course we will explore contemporary instant image making using Polaroid, Instax, and darkroom techniques. Subjects covered are photography…
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62168 The Infinite Roll: Cell Phone Photography (Mini)
“The best camera is the one that’s with you.” (Chase Jarvis)
Cell phones are everywhere, and photography is more accessible than ever. This course will explore cell phone photography techniques and concepts ranging from how to make the best…
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62208 Alternative Photography: Contemporary Antiquarian Printing (Mini)
This course will explore alternative photographic techniques and concepts in an effort to extend the boundaries of the photographic image. Through the course we will investigate contemporary digital imaging techniques and apply them to turn-of-the-last-century hand-applied…
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62241 Black and White Photography II
Black and White Photography II continues developing your technical skills in analog photography by introducing medium and large format cameras and prints. Large format view cameras remain the state of the art in control and quality in both film and digital photography.…
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62244 Contemporary Photographic Theory
In his 1984 review of his talk, Something about Photography, Victor Burgin writes: "It seems reasonable to assume that the object of photography theory is, at base, the photograph. But what is a photograph?" Photography is a complicated and slippery medium to define,…
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62245 Portrait Photography
Portraiture maintains a unique standing in photography for its direct and collaborative relationship between an individual and a photographer. This course will examine this relationship and the larger contexts which provide the conceptual framework for deriving meaning and…
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62279 Photography and the Ineffable
This course explores the relationship between photography and the indescribable, intangible and hard-to-see. From the spiritual, to the sublime, to the abstract; we will review different frameworks for thinking about the ineffable and how it relates to photographic work.…
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62281 Intermediate Digital Photography
Formed around a series of workshops, this course will explore digital and analog image-making processes, using both old and new methodologies, at times combined, yielding a unique experience. Basic techniques will be reviewed but the course quickly progresses to subjects…
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62282 Staged Photography
This studio course introduces students to staged photographic practices through technical instruction, conceptual frameworks and applied methods. The hands-on format provides experience with staging scenes, studio lighting and tethered shooting. Students will engage with…
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62360 Photographers and Photography Since World War II
Invented in 1839, photography was a form of visual expression that immediately attracted a large public following. Starting around 1900, photography was practiced with two dominant strands. One of these firmly believed in the power of photographs to provide a window on the…
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62371 Photography, The First 100 Years, 1839–1939
Invented in 1839, photography was a form of visual expression that immediately attracted a large public following. Starting around 1900, photography was practiced with two dominant strands. One of these firmly believed in the power of photographs to provide a window on the…
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62398 Interdisciplinary Independent Study: Topics in Photography
This course is a tutorial studio in which a student proposes a self-generated project and works one-on-one with a photography instructor of their choice to complete it. Students can choose this course as 5 or 10 units, in consultation with the CFA Photography…
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62460 Advanced Studio: Open Print, Drawing and Photo Workshop
A flexible, interdisciplinary studio, this course offers the opportunity for exploration across printmaking, drawing and photography. Rather than building toward a single prescribed outcome, the workshop emphasizes process, experimentation and skill-building, encouraging…
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